Barton’s current contract with QPR runs out at the end of the season, and no new deal is in place.

With QPR having already been relegated from the Premier League, there is little to play for the players in the final two rounds of matches.

However, Barton has insisted that he will give his all for Rangers against Newcastle United at Loftus Road on Saturday and against Leicester City away from home at the King Power Stadium next weekend.

The former Newcastle United midfielder has also responded to Marseille president Vincent Labrune’s claims in The Daily Mail that the 32-year-old’s agent spoke to him about moving to OM in the summer transfer window.

I have 100% focus on QPR and always will until told otherwise. When the time is right we will sit down and discuss the future.

Barton has been on the books of QPR since 2011, when he joined the London outfit on a free transfer after leaving Newcastle.

In 26 Premier League appearances for Rangers this season, the former Manchester City midfielder has scored one goal and created 53 chances, while having a pass accuracy of 74% and a shot accuracy of 27%.

Subhankar Mondal

A football journalist based in Wakefield, Subhankar Mondal has previously worked for Goal.com International and Skysports.com, and has had his sports articles published in The Guardian and The Observer. He has also been on the BBC in the past and his name once found its way to the pages of the World Soccer magazine. He was recently cited in a major Louis van Gaal biography.